Five Prequels from Boucher's World

These Five stories predate the Boucher's World trilogy of Emergent,Transformations, and Encounters:SEED (A novella)In an event that that initiates the Boucher's World saga, a young spaceexplorer, a member of a psychic race called Elwists, is stranded on analien planet and has to learn to survive among primitives.*SWALLOW AND DOVE: A TALE FROM THE TURMOILS(A novella)Dove is an unusual Elwist, one that is spoiled and used to gettingwhat it wants. When it decides to befriend Swallow, it has an ulteriormotive that does not involve love or taking vows. It finds that it has alot to learn when things take a turn and become more than it bargainedfor.*RAVEN AND C'ELIE: A LOVE STORY(A novelette)A couple discovers that love does not discriminate and the gods knowwhat they're doing. The problem is convincing others.*HARD CHANGES (A novelette)Randa is a woman who lives a rough life in an isolated area onBoucher's World. After her mate goes missing, she finds herself fleeinginto the forest with her children to hide from men who would do themharm. She discovers that her children, and a small kitten they havebefriended, have unusual abilities akin to the ones of the Elwists, beingsshe was raised to believe are demons. Then, she meets them and learnswhat they actually are.*BRIDGE (A novel)Randa's saga continues. She discovers that like her children, all Humansborn within the last two decades are psychics. Though she was born toolate to be one of them, she becomes an essential ingredient in theestablishment of a society that bridges the gap between the old ways andthe new, and the lives of the Elwists and Humans become inextricablyintertwined.